Surprise

“Hi Spencer,” I spoke happily answering the phone seeing it was Spencer, things have been incredibly good ever since picnic date in his new apartment and he had given me Cooper.

Spencer hadn’t pushed me on moving in with him, truth was if he hadn’t gone to London or even broken up with me because of Nathan I wouldn’t have even thought twice about moving in with him but things are different and I don’t know if our new relationship was ready for that.

“Hey babe, where are you?” he questioned and I knew if I lied he would probably realise.

“Home…” So I lied anyway.

“Really, because you’re apartment looks pretty empty to me.” I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a smirk on his face and I groaned, of course he went there looking for me. “So I ask again, where are you babe?”

I laughed in response, I shouldn’t have been surprised that he went to my apartment to look for me when he finished work but I thought he would know me better by now.

“Oh…I see how it is, you’re at my apartment with Cooper.”

“Oh come on babe, we can’t leave him alone all day long.” I mocked before looking down at said whimpering puppy in my lap.

“Uhuh, I will be there soon. Love you.” But he hung up before I could in reply, I knew I would have to stay until he arrived. He would be annoyed if I just left without at least saying hello to him.

I sat there on the floor of the guest room which had in turn become Cooper’s room until he was better trained to have free run of the apartment when he was alone during the day.

We weren’t exactly leaving Cooper alone most of the day, Spencer was doing what work he could from home and I was taking work home when I could. In fact that was what I was doing before Cooper started crying at my feet and I stopped, I was just lucky our case load was light at the moment at work.

“I really regret giving you a key,” Spencer grumbled as he walked over to where I was sitting before softly kissing me.

“No you don’t,” I grinned at him, not really wanting to finish my sentence.

“Oh I do, I’m starting to think you love Cooper more than me.” he pouted at me and I gave him a sly smile.

“Oh but babe I do love Cooper more than you, how could you not. He is adorable.” Spencer snatched Cooper from my arms and this time it was my turn to pout.

“You’re right, he is absolutely adorable and I didn’t want to hurt your feelings by telling you I loved him more than you.”

“Well then, you two have fun. I actually have plans with the girls.” I stood up and went to talk past him to grab my bag and leave but he wrapped his fingers around my wrist to prevent me going anywhere. “Yes Spencer?” I questioned innocently and he shook his head.

“Are you going to come back here?” I leaned down and kissed him.

“Of course, I can’t let Cooper sleep alone now can I?” I whispered in his ear and he growled in response. “I’m kidding babe, I’m just having dinner with the girls. It’s been so long since I’ve seen Belle and Jess.” He grinned at me and I shook my head.

“Well in that case, maybe I won’t be in the bed when you come home. Maybe I will be in here with Cooper.”

“Oh but babe if you plan on having sex any time soon, you will be in that bed naked waiting for a drunk me to come home.” I whispered in his ear before softly kissing his neck, his body tensed and he sucked in the air.

“Tease…” he spoke, his voice all husky and I knew exactly what I just did to him but I just laughed before giving him a kiss and grabbing my bag to go meet up with the girls.

“I’m sorry I’m late,” I spoke as I rushed to join them in the booth of the diner we agreed to meet at for dinner.

When Sutton, Emery and myself first moved to the city this diner was just down the street from our apartment, we had gotten into the habit of having dinner here at least once a week around our own hectic schedules. Over time as we met Belle and Jess they began joining us as well and now, well we tried to come back every couple of months but still it was hard or we didn’t want to venture this far out sometimes.

“Were you and Spencer having sex again?” Emery asked with a smirk on her face while everyone else just laughed.

“No, actually we weren’t, we were poking fun at each other over Cooper. Now Sutton please pass me a menu.”

“What the hell was that?” Emery screeched and I looked up to notice her staring at Sutton, I raised an eyebrow at the two of them and Sutton’s cheeks went a little pink before she lifted her left hand showing us her engagement ring.

“When the hell did this happen?” I questioned while grabbing her hand to examine the ring and I felt a twinge in my heart before I dropped Sutton’s hand.

I fell silent as they all began firing questions at Sutton about how Alex did and if she saw it coming, I was happy for Sutton. I really was and there no point denying it, I was thrilled that she found Alex and he had proposed in a way she deemed perfect and she had said yes. I will even be thrilled for her on their wedding day.

But there was something that just wasn’t sitting right with me and it killed all happy thoughts I had for the rest of dinner.

Can I Keep It?

“A puppy, you got me a freaking puppy!” I am slightly embarrassed to admit I squealed while slightly jumping up and down in joy and there was a smug look on Spencer’s face.

“Yes beautiful, I got you a puppy. Do you love him?”

“He’s adorable, thank you.” I kissed his cheek before rushing over to where the poor thing was crying in the make shift pen to pick him up.

I could tell Spencer was pretty proud with himself about this, I’ve been saying for years how I always wanted a puppy but neither of our apartments were allowed pets. It was then my face fell.

“Babe what’s wrong?” Spencer questioned as he came over and wrapped his arms around me.

“I’m not allowed pets in my apartment and I don’t think Alec is willing to take in a puppy of all things, at least you can clean up after yourself.” I smirked at him and he frowned.

I really wanted to keep the puppy, he was freaking adorable. You know those forever puppies? Spencer got me one of those, Golden Cocker Retriever.

I watched as Spencer scratched behind the puppy’s ear and he tried to bite Spencer’s hand and I couldn’t help but laugh, it was so freaking cute and it broke my heart even more knowing I couldn’t keep it.

“This apartment is allowed to have pets, I’ve kept this little guy in here all day while I organised our picnic,” he softly kissed my head before forcing me to turn around and face him. “There’s another reason, why I did all this.”

“What’s that babe?” I looked at him before facing the puppy again giving him the attention he was crying for.

“Move in with me?” I looked up at him with wide eyes.

“You’re bribing me with a puppy!” I scolded him but he just grinned.

“Do you love this apartment, well what you’ve seen of it anyway?”

“It’s beautiful Spence.”

“This apartment is mine Dri, I brought it and I was hoping we could live together, us and our puppy and be a family until we are ready to start a proper family,” I smiled at him before he softly kissed me.

“But I love my apartment and I’ve still got my lease, what would I even do with it?” I frowned at him.

“I know babe, and I will understand if you don’t think we are ready to live together. But if my offer isn’t accepted I will still move in here with the puppy until you are ready.” He kissed my temple and we fell into silence.

I had so much to think about and I was grateful Spencer was giving me the time to think about it, yes we had been dating for a while before we broke up but this time round, we had only just gotten back together. Were we ready for this step?

“I still can’t believe you tried to butter me up with a puppy!” I scolded Spencer again and he just laughed.

“Speaking of the adorable puppy who you already love and I know you don’t want to leave tonight, what are you going to name him?” I shook my head at Spencer’s question.

“I can’t Spence, if for some reason I decided I’m not ready to move in here it will essentially be your puppy.”

“I brought him for you babe, I will take care of him because I love you but he is ours.” My stomach had butterflies at the way he said ours.

“Cooper, I want to name him Cooper.” I placed Cooper back in his pen before wrapping my arms around Spencer’s neck

“Cooper it is then.”

“Thank you I love you, tonight was perfect Spencer,” I wrapped my arms around him and pressed my face against his chest.

“I’m glad babe, I tried my hardest to make it perfect for you. You deserve it after everything you’ve been through, as much as I hate it. I know some of that pain is because of me.”

“You’re forgiven for everything Spencer, I can’t hate you for what happened. We both did what we thought was the best thing for us.”

“I’m also talking about the break that I requested.” I pulled away and looked at him, confused as to why he was still worried about that.

“For all we know that London transfer was already in place, it could have been fate that we were meant to have broken up at that time. Maybe we were meant too, for us to realise what we meant to each other.” Spencer only nodded before softly kissing me, it was in that moment that I was worried he was still beating himself up over that.

Looking Into The Future

“Where are we going?” I questioned Spencer but all he did was laugh in response.

I was currently blindfolded, I had no idea what he had in mind for our date tonight and I would lying if I said I wasn’t slightly nervous.

“I love you, you know that right?” Spencer whispered in my ear, he had pulled the car over at wherever we were. If it wasn’t for the blindfold I would glare at him.

I turned my head away from him, “if you loved me, you wouldn’t blindfold me like this.”

Things had been great between Spencer and I once we got past everything that came out during our last joint therapy session, we had both been in the wrong at one point or another in our relationship. We both had to work to try and put that hurt and anger aside so it wouldn’t ruin our relationship any more than it had.

Now we both just had to work out our own issues in our separate therapy sessions.

“Oh come on, don’t be like this. It’s a surprise, why can’t I do this for you?” he placed a hand under my jaw and forced me to look at him even though I can’t see him but I crossed my arms.

“Oh I don’t know, maybe the fact that you turned up at my apartment and told me you had plans for us. You told me to shower and get dressed before blindfolding me, come on Spence I know you’re into some kinky shit but if you’re dragging me to a BDSM club I won’t be happy.”

“I’m the one into BDSM? Your book library on your phone is full of that shit…” I felt the blush crept up my face and he laughed at me before kissing my forehead.

I might enjoy reading some of those books, although the books he was referring too not all of them were BDSM but it’s not something Spence and I had ever experimented with. Yes we’ve played with handcuffs and other stuff but nothing like that.

“I promise you, it’s nothing like. It’s a date that may hopefully end up with us having sex but I don’t think it will.”

“Why, what have you planned? Everyone knows it’s not normal for us to not have sex,” I questioned and at first he was silent, I was scared he had snuck out and left me here alone but then he placed his hand on my arm.

“You’re right, it’s not normal. Just wait and see what I have planned, just wait there and I will help you out on the other side.” I nodded at him and it wasn’t long until he was around at my side of the car and opened the door helping me out.

I still had no idea where we were going, I know at one point we had gotten into an elevator but I was more confused than ever.

It wasn’t until I heard the rustling of keys that I pulled on Spencer’s hand, “please don’t tell me we’re breaking into someone’s apartment.” I hissed at him and he laughed.

I knew he was still living with Alec and I knew there wouldn’t be any reason Alec would have left the apartment empty for the night unless he had a date. It’s why Spencer and I spent so much time at my apartment, because he was too damn fussy to find something of his own.

“Nope, I promise we aren’t and don’t worry, I didn’t kick Alec out of his own apartment. In fact all I did was drive around the block a couple of times before pulling back up near your apartment.” He teased and even though he couldn’t see it I rolled my eyes.

“You didn’t, that’s the most idiotic thing I’ve heard and come on Spence, I’ve heard a lot from you.”

He didn’t say anything as he pulled me into where we were going and I heard the door shut, it was followed by him wrapping his arms around me from behind.

“Was it idiotic when I told you that I loved you for the first time? Or when I told you that I wanted you in my future, not anyone else?” that was when I tensed up.

He couldn’t be could he? I know he’s said before that he could see us getting married in the future and he wanted all that that comes with it with me. But could he really be proposing right now, tonight?

He let out a sigh before softly kissing my neck, “I’m not proposing tonight, I’m sorry if I freaked you out. I promise Dri, no proposal tonight.”

Even though he couldn’t see it, there was a smile on my face and I felt butterflies in my stomach. He said no proposal tonight, and that was a good sign right? It meant after everything we’ve been through he still wanted to marry me at some point in the future.

“Alright enough of this, come with me.” he laced his fingers with mine before pulling me forward and I was now incredibly curious as to what he had planned.

He finally stopped us walking and pulled the blind fold away and I was shocked at the scene, there was a picnic set up on the floor with lit candles placed in the room.

I turned and looked at Spencer with my mouth opened, I had no words for what he has done. It was perfect and amazing and I just don’t know how to put it into words.

“Do you like it babe?” worry laced his voice, I couldn’t believe he was that concerned because it wasn’t like he hasn’t done something like this before.

“No Spence…I love it. It’s perfect, why did you do this?” I questioned, having no idea what the reasoning behind this was.

He flashed me a smile before pulling me close, “I have two reasons. One because I can, it’s been too long since we’ve done something like this, we’ve both been so busy with work lately and two, it doesn’t matter and I know it doesn’t mean anything anymore but if we hadn’t of broken up…”

“Hah! So you admit we broke up,” I grinned at him and he shook his head with a low growl escaping his lips.

“Don’t interrupt me, we agreed to break up when I told you I was moving to London, that is what I was referring too. As I was saying, if we hadn’t broken up. Today would have been our anniversary, I know you aren’t the biggest fan but after everything we’ve been through in the last twelve months, I really wanted to do something tonight. I believe that after everything we will be fine, we’ve agreed to therapy to get past the last couple of hurdles. But I love you, I want to show you that I love you and I wanted to tell you all of this while having a night like this.”

My eyes welled up as I smiled at him and I leaned up on my toes so I was closer to his face, “are you sure you weren’t planning on proposing tonight, because that sounded like one to me.”

“Trust me baby,” I scrunched my face up, I was having a problem with the whole ‘baby’ nickname because both Damon and Nathan called me that and right now, I just couldn’t stomach it. “Sorry, if I was proposing it would be a hell of a lot better than that.”

“We’ll see, we’ve now had two moments where I’ve believed you are proposing. I don’t know how you are going to top them.”

He grinned at me before pressing his lips against mine and tightening his grip on my waist, “come on let’s eat.” He pulled away and led me over to the blanket so we could eat.

“Okay so I have one more surprise,” we had finished eating not long ago and we were just sitting here looking out the windows talking when Spencer threw this one at me.

“Really?” I grinned at him and he nodded before standing up and holding a hand out for me to help me up.

“Yes and again I’m going to have to cover your eyes so no peaking,” I frowned as he stepped behind me and placed a hand over my eyes and began leading me somewhere.

I stayed silent hoping to hear anything to give away the surprise but I couldn’t hear anything, all I could hear was our footsteps and breathing. It wasn’t until I heard a door opening that I heard a strange noise, I knew I’ve heard it before but I couldn’t place it.

Spencer removed his hand and once again I was speechless at what was in front of me.